Arkansas DOC - McPherson Unit

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Arkansas DOC – McPherson Unit basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 870-523-2639

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at ADC-McPherson located at 302 Corrections Dr in Newport, AR are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

The McPherson Unit is medium-maximum state prison for about 800 female inmates located in Jackson County run by the Arkansas Department of Corrections (on the same property with the Grimes Unit). This facility is also responsible for the intake and classification of female offenders in Arkansas. McPherson offers inmates to take substance abuse and treatment programs as well as education programs where they can earn their GED. This facility also has a life skills program aimed at helping inmates make better decisions and gives them the skills they need to successfully reintegrate with society once they are released. Parenting programs help parents to realize the importance of maintaining a stable household and break the cycle of incarceration by giving their children a better home environment. Industrial and agricultural vocational programs are also available.

Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) – McPherson Unit – Inmate Handbook

Operations: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)/Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Programs; Agriculture – Vegetable Processing and Gardening Program; Dance 2B Free; Female Intake Services; GED Program/Arkansas State University; Hobby Craft; Industry – Prison Industry Enhancement (PIE); Library/Law Library; Life Skills Programs; Mental Health Groups; MIWATCH; Parenting; Quilts for Babies; Recreational Programming; Regional Maintenance; Residential Program Unit; Sex Offender Female Treatment Program (SOFT); Story Book Project; Substance Abuse Therapeutic Community Program (TC); Substance Abuse Treatment Program (SATP); Think Legacy Program; and Vo-Tech – Cosmetology, Horticulture, Computerized Accounting, and Business Technology

Inmate Telephone – Inmates are provided with coinless telephones during set hours of use. Inmates can only make collect calls to pre-approved numbers. Inmates cannot have cellular phones or calling cards. Inmates can lose their telephone privileges for disciplinary reasons. Each unit has its own telephone policy, so please check with the particular unit for specific hours of use.

Tobacco Policy – Inmates are not allowed to have any kind of tobacco. This policy prohibits inmates from possessing “any smoking or smokeless tobacco product.” If an inmate does have tobacco, it is considered contraband and the inmate will be disciplined. Visitors and employees must leave all tobacco products in their vehicle. Bringing tobacco products into a facility will result in loss of visitation privileges.

Synthetic Drugs – Synthetic drugs are known by numerous names (Spice, bath salts, K2, and Molly to name a few), and are legally sold in the community as incense or other products "not meant for human consumption" but have an alternate use to produce a high similar to that felt when using marijuana, amphetamines or LSD. The problem is that each batch of these drugs contains different chemicals meaning each batch can produce different effects some of which can be life-threatening. For more information, please click on the following link.

visitation Info

Visiting hours for PRISON_NAME. For Directions call PRISON_PHONE

Sunday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Monday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Federal Holidays 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

No cellphones, you will be searched before visiting. NO personal belongings. Persons under probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate's extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.